xiii 305 pages. The jacket is chipped at the edges, with loss to the head of the spine. It is also foxed as is the fore-edge. There is an ownership signature on the front end paper; the back paste down is foxed and the front and back flap have lefts shadows on the end papers. Overall, clean, unmarked and solid. Australian Idiom "brings together characteristic Australian writing of the last thirty yaers: creative writing, prose and poetry...."